government spending – Scotts 2 Cents https://scotts2cents.com Because sometimes things just need to be said.... Sat, 17 Oct 2026 02:20:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://scotts2cents.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-5B3591FB-539B-4A48-B259-9096E587578A-32x32.jpeg government spending – Scotts 2 Cents https://scotts2cents.com 32 32 A Judge Had to Order the Government to Stop Airing Trump Ads. The Defense: They Were Ending Anyway. https://scotts2cents.com/a-judge-had-to-order-the-government-to-stop-airing-trump-ads-the-defense-they-were-ending-anyway/ https://scotts2cents.com/a-judge-had-to-order-the-government-to-stop-airing-trump-ads-the-defense-they-were-ending-anyway/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2026 19:12:44 +0000 https://scotts2cents.com/2026/10/13/a-judge-had-to-order-the-government-to-stop-airing-trump-ads-the-defense-they-were-ending-anyway/ A federal judge had to order the government to stop airing commercials for the president, and the government’s best defense was that they were about to stop anyway. Here’s what happened. Judge Jennifer Rochon in New York issued a two-week temporary restraining order Sunday night, telling the administration to cancel every remaining ad it bought ...

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]]> https://scotts2cents.com/a-judge-had-to-order-the-government-to-stop-airing-trump-ads-the-defense-they-were-ending-anyway/feed/ 1 Congress Funded the Government a Month Early. Two Record Shutdowns Will Do That. https://scotts2cents.com/congress-funded-the-government-a-month-early-two-record-shutdowns-will-do-that/ https://scotts2cents.com/congress-funded-the-government-a-month-early-two-record-shutdowns-will-do-that/#respond Tue, 29 Sep 2026 19:11:03 +0000 https://scotts2cents.com/2026/09/29/congress-funded-the-government-a-month-early-two-record-shutdowns-will-do-that/ The government’s funding deadline is Wednesday, and nobody in Washington is sweating it. That’s the news. Congress got it done a month early. The Senate passed a stopgap bill 90-6, the House followed 370-48 on September 1, and Trump signed it September 2. Federal funding now runs through December 11, which happens to land well ...

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]]> https://scotts2cents.com/congress-funded-the-government-a-month-early-two-record-shutdowns-will-do-that/feed/ 0 The Supreme Court Said His Tariffs Were Illegal, 6-3. He Called Them Fools and Kept Charging You Anyway. https://scotts2cents.com/the-supreme-court-said-his-tariffs-were-illegal-6-3-he-called-them-fools-and-kept-charging-you-anyway/ https://scotts2cents.com/the-supreme-court-said-his-tariffs-were-illegal-6-3-he-called-them-fools-and-kept-charging-you-anyway/#respond Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:13:50 +0000 https://scotts2cents.com/2026/09/03/the-supreme-court-said-his-tariffs-were-illegal-6-3-he-called-them-fools-and-kept-charging-you-anyway/ In February, six Supreme Court justices told Donald Trump his tariffs were illegal. Two of the six were his own appointees. His response was to call them fools, question their loyalty, and keep charging you the tariffs anyway. Here’s the part that should bother you more than the insult. On February 20, in Learning Resources ...

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]]> https://scotts2cents.com/the-supreme-court-said-his-tariffs-were-illegal-6-3-he-called-them-fools-and-kept-charging-you-anyway/feed/ 0 $23.7 Billion in Earmarks. One of Them Was a Door for a Museum Worth $5.8 Billion. https://scotts2cents.com/23-7-billion-in-earmarks-one-of-them-was-a-door-for-a-museum-worth-5-8-billion/ https://scotts2cents.com/23-7-billion-in-earmarks-one-of-them-was-a-door-for-a-museum-worth-5-8-billion/#respond Tue, 25 Aug 2026 19:13:08 +0000 https://scotts2cents.com/2026/08/25/23-7-billion-in-earmarks-one-of-them-was-a-door-for-a-museum-worth-5-8-billion/ Congress released this year’s Congressional Pig Book in May, and the top line is $23.7 billion spread across 8,392 earmarks, the fourth-highest total since anyone started keeping score in 1991. That’s already a lot of money. But the number that actually made me stop scrolling wasn’t the total. It was the door. Senator Chuck Schumer ...

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